Journal article
The Ethnoepidemiology of Obesity
Abstract
The prevalence of overweight and obesity varies significantly across ethnic groups and among aboriginal people in Canada and appears to be increasing overall in children and youth, which will have significant health consequences in the future. Individual health behaviours, genetic predisposition, and community-level factors all contribute to the high burden of overweight and obesity across communities in Canada. Preliminary studies indicate …
Authors
Valera B; Sohani Z; Rana A; Poirier P; Anand SS
Journal
Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 131–141
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
2 2015
DOI
10.1016/j.cjca.2014.10.005
ISSN
0828-282X